Phixion Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Hi there, I am having trouble downloading a .torrent on my Linux box with wget, I'm using wget 'http://www.urlhere.torrent' to attempt to download the .torrent to my server but its not working, it only downloads part of the name, not the actual .torrent itself. Can someone please help me? My head is aching... I've been trying to figure this out all day now :( Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtchange Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 try to use double quotes? wget "torrenturl.torrent" otherwise i don't know what the problem would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phixion Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 try to use double quotes?wget "torrenturl.torrent" otherwise i don't know what the problem would be Tried that and it only saves part of it, heres what I get: download.php?id=<user id here>&name=<torrent name here>.torrent instead of: http://www.websitehere.com/download.php?id=<user id here>&name=<torrent name here>.torrent I have to add, it works fine on another one of my torrent sites, just not this one. I've tried adding the direct link to the torrent in rtorrent, but that still only downloads part of the URL. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 You need to "follow" the link, try: wget -A=.torrent -np -r -L -l 2 INSERT_URL_HERE *sleepy drowsy stare* I wonder if that went right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phixion Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 You need to "follow" the link, try:wget -A=.torrent -np -r -L -l 2 INSERT_URL_HERE *sleepy drowsy stare* I wonder if that went right. That just downloads the main url, e.g. www.sitehere.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I wasn't aware wget handled torrents but why not get an actual torrent client? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phixion Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 I wasn't aware wget handled torrents but why not get an actual torrent client? its a remote server, and I'm trying to get it to work in rtorrent, rtorrent treats the .torrent URL the same as wget is treating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Then maybe there's something wrong with the torrent or url Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miuku. Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 That just downloads the main url, e.g. www.sitehere.com Can you PM me the URL to the file you wish to download? I assume it's a "do not post in public" kind of thing so.. pM :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Why don't you download it with in another place and then just upload it to your Linux box :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phixion Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Yeah i had to resort to running an ftpd and uploading it that way, apparently the website I was having problems with generates a random code when u try and download a .torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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